{"product_id":"dante-in-china-john-barr-9781597093569","title":"Dante in China","description":"In John Barr's poems, the ancient masters encounter the modern world. Dante on a beach in China beholds the Inferno: \"Flaring well gas night and day, \/ towers rise as if to say, \/ Pollution can be beautiful.\" Bach's final fugue informs all of nature. Villon is admonished by an aging courtesan. Aristotle finds \"Demagogues are the insects of politics. \/ Like water beetles they stay afloat \/ on surface tension, they taxi on iridescence.\" And his afterlife: \"When three-headed Cerberus greeted him \/ Socrates replied: I won't need \/ an attack dog, thank you. I married one.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Barr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597093564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597093569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.50d","brand":"John Barr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068724998399,"sku":"9781597093569","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a0f2499c-4c7b-472d-a225-778df9be258f.jpg?v=1685420643","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dante-in-china-john-barr-9781597093569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}